Courses in Health Information Administration

"P" refers to a course prerequisite and "C" to a course that must be taken concurrently.

AHLT M310 Medical Specialty Lectures (2 cr.) P: Anatomy, Physiology. Lectures on disease and treatment in the areas of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics. Selected clinical areas, e.g., pharmacology, radiology, clinical laboratory, pathology, and radiation therapy, will also be included.

AHLT M322 Hospital Organization and Management (2 cr.) P: junior standing. Orientation to hospital departments; hospital organization; inter- and intra-relationships of hospital and community agencies.

AHLT M330 Medical Terminology (3 cr.) (2 lectures—2 lab hrs.) P: BIOL N261, P215, and MICR J200 or equivalents. Understanding and use of medical vocabulary; emphasis on speaking, reading, and writing skills.

AHLT M357 Clinical in Medical Record Technology (1 cr.) Professionally supervised assignments in the technical aspects of health information services in an approved clinical site.

AHLT M411 Medical Record Science I (5 cr.) History, content, form, numbering, filing, securing, preserving, coding, and indexing medical records; computer applications and statistics; the professional health information administrator and his/her relationship to the health facility, the medical staff, and committees

AHLT M412 Medical Record Science II (5 cr.) Principles and practices of health information services administration in the hospital and in specialized health care facilities.

AHLT M441 Directed Practice Experience I (4 cr.) Supervised laboratory practice with onsite observations of medical record technical and administrative systems. Application of health information management procedures in the clinical setting.

AHLT M442 Directed Practice Experience II (6 cr.) Seminar in health information administration topics. Planning and layout of health information services. Inservice presentations for health information personnel. Computer applications in medical and administrative systems. Individualized instruction in health information practice. Project assignments in the quality improvement area for health information services.

AHLT M445 Medicine and the Law (2 cr.) P: BUS L201 or L203. Presentation of concepts of law in medical and/or health-related areas as applied to the physician, the hospital, health institutions, the medical record, and the individual health worker.